Fitzwilliam Museum

British  

/ ˌfɪtzˈwɪljəm /

noun

1. a museum, attached to Cambridge University and founded in 1816, noted esp for its paintings and collections devoted to the applied arts

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Etymology

Origin of Fitzwilliam Museum

C19: named after the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, who donated the first collection

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Fitzwilliam Museum

The exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has been timed to open a week before the Paris 2024 Games begin.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024

“It’s the most important arts competition,” said Christopher Young, a professor at Cambridge and co-curator of an upcoming exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum about the 1924 Olympics.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

Now a team of researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have solved that mystery by analysing the make-up of coins held by the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

Sixteen of the coins were bought by Colchester Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, including two 11th century Byzantine coins.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024

In the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge are a number of Pictorial Designs and studies presented by the Rev. George Romney in 1817, and at the Liverpool Royal Institution are eighteen cartoons, presented in 1823.

From Romney by Hind, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis)